Pelargonium 'Splendide'Pelargoniums(Species and Primary Hybrids)
A scandent shrub; leaves are pinnate, grey and hairy; a truly splendid hybrid with red upper petals, a dark center and almost white lower petals. Do not leave it outside in rain, protect from winter temperatures below 32 degrees F, and prune very carefully.

Pelargonium 'Lord Bute'Pelargoniums(Regal Pelargoniums)
(small flowered Regal) From 1910 An old variety with flowers that are a very dark purple maroon edged with carmine. Featured in large containers at Sissinghurst in England and of interest to many of their garden visitors.

Pelargonium odoratissimumPelargoniums(Scented-Leaf)
(apple) Our selection; best form of a very variable species, in leaf and plant size, as well as in scent. Large, round, irregularly lobed, light green leaves. Small white flowers with tiny rose blotches on upper petals.

Geranium pratense 'Black Beauty'Geraniums(Borders and Bedding)
After having loved G. pratense 'Midnight Reiter' for years, we must reluctantly confess that G. pratense 'Black Beauty' is a better plant. It is more vigorous, more floriferous and you don't have to look for it with a hand lens. Deep maroon leaves and blue flowers.

Geranium 'Orion' has beautiful mid blue flowers. It is a tall clumping perennial, (USDA Zones 5 - 9), 24-30 x 36". It does well in full sun in mild summer gardens and morning sun/afternoon shade in hot summers. It can be combined with roses, iris, ornamental grasses and summer bulbs. It needs a horticultural corset when young, (twigs help support it until the clump size increases). See Page 166, The Plant Lovers Guide to Hardy Geraniums. (Photo by Donn Reiners)